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SPECIFICATION `forming part of Letters Fatent No. 544,979, dated August20, 1895.

Application filed December 6, 1892. Serial No. 454,296- (No model.)Patented in England October 19,1886, No.13,304, June 14,

1890, No. 9,207, and october 6,1892,No.1'7,8o1.

To all wiz/omit may concern: Y

Be it known that I, WILLIAM PARISH I-Ios- KINs, berth manufacturer, a`subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Upper TrinityStreet, Bordesley, in the city of Birmingham, England, have `inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in theBetWeen- Deck Fittings ofShips; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, and forwhich invention Letters Patent of Great Britain have been granted,bearing date October 19, 1886, No. 13,304, June 14., 1890, No. 9,207,and October 6, 1892, No. 17,801.

This invention relates to between-deck accommodation or fittings of ships, comprehending berths and portable parting fittings.

This invention consists in the novel construction, combination, andarrangement of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents in side elevation atwo-high block of berths constructed and mounted according to myinvention. Fig. 2 represents a like block of berths as Fig. 1, but withthe stanchions arranged in different position. Fig. 3

Vis a diagrammatic view of a block of berths inclosed or partiallyinclosed by partingboards. g Fig. 4 represents, partly in elevation andpartly in vertical section, a block of threehigh and two-broad berths.Fig. 5 represents a plan of cabin inclosed berths. Fig. 6 represents,upon an enlarged scale, a connection end of one of the block-berths,Fig. 1. Fig. 7 represents a View of a slotted bearingbracket. Fig. 8 isa plan view of the same.

Fig. 9 is a view of a parting-board with its inclcsing parting-boardsarranged as cabins Fig. 11 is in blocks. Fig. 17 is a representation ofberths ,arranged in blocks with the berth-parting boards fitted withguide-shoes.

tailed part of the said combined half-lee rails.

Fig.A 21 is a view representing my invention in connection withblock-berths having turnedup bottoms. Figs. 22 and 23 are detail views.

In the block of berths, Fig. 1,`and the detail views, Figs. 6, 7, and 8,a are fitted stanchions or pillars, secured between decks by the top andbottom ends of them taking into sockets. b are cupped and slottedbearing-brackets consisting of a body part b', an inside cupped part b2,and vertical slots b3, within which latter the spherical or bulbous endsc'of the sides cl of the berths take and are theresupported, and arecapable of turning jointwise within the sockets of the cups, in order tofollow the rake of a ship or any inequalities in the decks. The sidetrainings d are composed of longitudinal rails d2 and of upright railsd3, with the same united together by looselyriveted pins d4, so as toadmit of the said outside framings following the rake of a ship or anyinequalities in the slope of the decks. Thus the members constitutingthe sides are jointed to each other, and are capable thereby of making aslight angle should the same be required, while the bulbous ends of theconnections also turn j ointwise within the sockets.

From the above description it will be 0bserved that the blocks of berthsadmit of covering any area and following any variations of deck, andthat the sides, which are complete in themselves, are detachable, and inthe connection of the same the spherical-headed ends have only to bedropped into the slots of the sockets, when they immediately rightthemselves to the deck of the ship. The sacking bottoms of the berthsare also dropped into position and supported by the side framings. Thewhole, including the stanchions, is thus made portable for removal orerection. By employing detachable and attachable Iittings between deckspace can beused either for passenger accommodation or for the stowingof cargo. If necessary, the brackets IDG- b may be made adjustable uponthe pillars, so as to regulate relatively the heights of the berths. .i

In Fig. 2 the supporting-brackets b are arranged at such distances apartup the stanchionsathat the berthsd admit of being placed at greater orless distances apart, according to the number ot' passengers required tobe accommodated. The left-hand-side tier of berths represents threehigh, while the `right-hand side ot berths show only two high. Thus fora three-high tier the upper, lower, and middle brackets are employed,but for a two-high tier the intermediate brackets between the high, low,and middle brackets are employed.

In the diagrammatic view, Fig. 3, the blocks of berths, as in Fig. 1,are shown surrounded by parting-oft or divisional boards supported bystanchions and brackets in manner alike unto the berth-framings. d areberths having connections c, supported by stanchions a and brackets b. eare parting-oft or divisional boards hung from connections c, restingupon the slotted and socket-supporting brackets b of the pillars a,alike unto the berth, Fig. 1. Ingress and egress to or from theinclosure or berth is' made by a door or doors e.

Fig. 4. represents a further modified form of block-berth with theparting-ott or divisional boards e made up in segments and with the samehung from brackets b by bulbous or hook-shaped connections c, carried byshoe attachments e2 of the said parting-off or division boards. (See onan enlarged scale at Fig. 9.)

Fig. 5 represents a plan of Fig. et, showing the positions of the berthsrelative to the parting-oit or divisional boards. One side of the blockis shown inclosed and access gained by a door, while the other side isinclcsed by a curtain. The berths are provided with halflee rails or leesides, (see the enlarged views, Figs. 19 and 20,) instead of full-lengthones, as in thepreceding arrangement, Fig. 1. Thus in Figs. 4:, 5, 9,19, and 2O a are the stanchions fitted between decks by the ends takingwithin sockets a. b are slotted and socketed bearing-brackets, fromwhich the parting-oft boards e, titted with shoes e2 at their upper andlower end corners and having bulbous-ended or hook-shaped connections c,are hung. The half-lee rails of the berths d, which are combinedtogether in a triptic form, are each composed of xnembersclz cl3,jointed at d4. The upper rails ot' the members cl2 of the said sideshave their ends d5 taking within fiared sockets d6, so as to admit ofthe rails following the rake of a ship or any inequalities in the decksor in the fittings ot' the berths. In Fig. 5 the curtain inclosing oneof the sides is marked f.

In Fig. 10, e is a parting-off board, either for passenger accommodationor for a partingboard for forming pockets for grain-carrying ships whenno passengers are being carried. c is the bulbous end, and e2 theconnectionor shoe.

In Figs. 11 and 12, h is a bracket. cl2 are rails of framings d',having'bulbous-ended connections c taking into the socketed and slottedsides b2 b3. This bracket is intended for the support of divisionalboards or parting-rails, which are to be arranged at right angles to-one another.

In Figs. 13 and 14, a, is a stanchion. b is a bracket carrying headedstuds c, over which an inverted socket b2 of the berth-framing d takes.This construction is an inversion of, but intended to serve the samepurpose as, the slotted bracket and bulbous coupling members shown inthe other figures of the drawings.

In Figs. 15 and 16, at are stanchions, and o. sockets wherein the endsof the same are fitted. b are cupped and socketed bearing-brackets fromwhich the partition or parting-oft boards e are hung by bulbous-headedor hook-shaped connections c, carried by shoes e2 of them. Theparting-'ott boards are made in the form of cabin sides or walls, andthe berths are incased or inclosed in the compartments formed by saidparting-oft boards, and when the parting-oft boards are employed theberths may =be provided with bulbous-ended coupling members, which takeinto sockets e, formed in the shoes e2, as shown in Figs. 17 and 1S.

In Figs. 17 and 18, a are the stanchions. b are the socketed and slottedbearing-brackets. c are bulbous-ended hooks or connections of shoes e2,connected to the parting, parting-o, or partition boards e. e3 arepocket-recesses within the said shoes, wherein bulbous or hook endedconnections c, carried by the berthframings d, drop and are theresupported. The mid die parting-boards of the berth i-n this arrangementare slid into slides g, carried by the side parting-boards.

In Figs. 21, 22, and 23, which show folding berths having myimprovements appliedthereto, a are the stanchions. b are thesupporting-brackets. d! are the attachable and detachable jointed berthsides.- d is a turn-upI berth, and c are the bulbous and enlarged endsengaging with the said brackets.

Having fully described my invention, what I desire to claim and secureby Letters Patent is 1. In between deck fittings, the combination with aberth and upright supports, of coupling members, one a socket, the othera bulbous head tting in said socket, said members being attachedrespectively to the framing and berth, substantially as described.

2. In between deck fittings of ships, the oom'- bination with boundaryand parting rails comprising horizontal and vertical members pivotallysecured together, of upright standards, sockets carried by saidstandards, and coupling members on said part-ing rails tting in saidsockets, substantially as described.

3. In between deck fittings of ships, the combination with uprightstandards and socketed bearings carried thereby, of shoes secured toparting oft or divisional boards and formed IOC rig

with buibous heads adapted to enter said socketed members, substantiallyas described.

4. In between deck fittings of ships, the combination with uprightstandards and socketed bearing brackets carried by said standards, ofshoes formed with bulbons heads fitting said socketed bearings and withbulbous headed Y members on the berths, fitting sockets in said shoes,substantially as described.

In testimony that claim the foregoing I o have hereunto set my hand this2d day of No- Vexnber, 1892.

WILLIAM PARISH HOSKINS.

Witnesses:

HENRY SKERRETT, ARTHUR T. SADLER,

